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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is 66yo and her parents are both still alive and living alone in her childhood home at 89 years old. I'm 34 and feel so lucky to have had my grandparents for so long especially since my own children have gotten to know and love them. In recent months, they are both starting to decline- not eating as much, sleeping more, starting to struggle with tasks like laundry (which is in their basement) and taking their dog out, one was put on oxygen and the other has other declining health issues...

she is 66 years old and still gets to garden and bake with her mom, watch movies and play cards with her dad...

Any advice on supporting your parents through the decline and eventual loss of their parents?[/quote]

OP GP are less able to function in the home but far removed from needing to be in an assisted living  room or a skilled nirsing facility [next step in level of care intensisty after assisted living].   They are mentally acute but have physical issues with the layout of the house.  Laundry in basement and maye full flight up to the bedroom and/or exterior stairs to enter house or up from garage level?

So it sounds like OP mom lives near them and at this point it is best for the GP to have 1 level living in a senior community connected to assisted living.  They can garden at mom's or on a patio/deck.  [b]Othopedic injuries at this point can be what leads to rapid decline and death. [/b] Been there done that with a parent who decided to move back into a mutilevel house after a stint in hospital, skilled nursing, even great assisted living apartment. OP and her mom need them to move out of the house.[/quote]

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